Steven Fiester

Dr. Fiester joined the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida Gulf Coast University in 2024. In addition to his Research Professorship at Furman University, he maintains Associate Professorships in the School of Health Science Research at Clemson University and Department of Pathology at Prisma Health and serves as a Research Investigator for the William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center Dorn Research Institute. He has previously held positions as an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina and a visiting faculty member at Miami University as well as the BSL-3 Facility Coordinator at Kent State University.

Dr. Fiester is very active in the microbiology community. He has formerly served as the President of the South Carolina Branch of the American Society for Microbiology (SC ASM) and currently serves as the Chair of the SC ASM Nominating Committee. He additionally acts as the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Region I Planning Coordinator, Vice President of the Connecticut Valley Branch of ASM and Social Media Coordinator for the Florida Branch of ASM. Dr. Fiester serves on the editorial boards of Frontiers in Bacteriology, the Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education and the reviewer board of Microorganisms. He frequently reviews for numerous journals including Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Microbiology, PLoS ONE, BMC Microbiology, Microbial Pathogenesis and Future Microbiology. Dr. Fiester has previously served as the Vice-President of SC ASM and as an ASM Ambassador of Science. Dr. Fiester was awarded the ASM Peggy Cotter Award in 2020.

Dr. Fiester has reviewed grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), ASM and the Polish National Science Centre. He has received monetary awards from entities including the National Institutes of Health, Infectious Diseases Society of America, U.S. Department of Energy and NSF. Dr. Fiester additional holds a patent for a therapeutic targeting drug-resistant Klebsiella infections.